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Tiago Cabaço
Professional Experience
Doctoral Research Fellow
Humboldt-University
Berlin
Today - 2016
- Worked with large data (millions of observations), using R tidyverse tools to program and test automated quality checking and data manipulation routines.
- Use probabilistic programming language Stan to flexibly build complex Bayesian computational models.
- Applied hierarchical Bayesian regression and mixture modeling techniques to account for different aspects of how the data was structured and generated.
- Use of high performance computing clusters and threading in order to provide scalable modeling solutions, reverting in added time to iterate over model building.
- Developed visualizations using ggplot in R to efficiently communicate insights and assess statistical model performance.
Research Trainee
Psychological methods group
University of Amsterdam, NL
2016 - 2015
- Created, maintained and fact-checked an archival data base with historical events from the Psychometric Society, resulting in a publication.
- Used R to develop and deploy animated network visualizations of sequences of historical events.
Telemarketer
Yourvoice Contact Solutions lda
Lisbon, Portugal
2015 - 2014
- Acquired a goal-orientation attitude and skills needed to work in a fast-paced and high pressure role, as demonstrated by being in the ‘Top 5’ employees for successive months.
Psychologist, intern
Center for Family and Parental Support
Barreiro, Portugal
2014 - 2013
- Developed inter-disciplinary team work and project management skills by conducting youth group interventions, organizing community events and family counseling activities.
Librarian
Library of Psychology, University of Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal
2013 - 2012
- Developed my communication and organizational skills, by being responsible for costumer care and for organizing the reading space and storage repositories.
Research Assistant
Cognitive psychology lab
University of Lisbon, Portugal
2012 - 2011
- Assisted ongoing research projects by doing data collection and literature review, resulting in an authored publication and development of project management skills.
Research Fellow
Grant by Amadeu Dias Foundation
Lisbon, Portugal
2011 - 2010
- Responsible for data collection, lab management and reporting. The project received the foundation’s award for best social sciences project.
Education
PhD in Computational Psychology
Humboldt-University
Berlin
Today - 2016
- Grant by the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course.
Erasmus Intensive Program in Mathematical Psychology
University of Tartu
Sagadi, Estonia
2014
Masters in Clinical Psychology
University of Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal
2015 - 2012
For my thesis I developed and deployed an online survey, and self-learned R to implement a non-standard statistical model. All of which resulted in receiving the highest grade with distinction.
BA in Psychological Sciences
University of Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal
2011 - 2009
Publications
- Wijsen, L. D., Borsboom, D., Cabaço, T., & Heiser, W. J. (2019). An Academic Genealogy of Psychometric Society Presidents. Psychometrika, 84(2), 562-588.
- Almeida, J., Mahon, B. Z., Zapater-Raberov, V., Dziuba, A., Cabaço, T., Marques, J. F., & Caramazza, A. (2014). Grasping with the eyes: The role of elongation in visual recognition of manipulable objects. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 14(1), 319-335.
Civic participation
Student representation
Graduate students representative
Berlin
2018 - 2017
- Agilized the communication between administration and students.
Elder Care
Elderly Care Home
Lisbon, Portugal
2014 - 2013
Supported physiotherapy sessions with the elderly.
Student representation
Pedagogical Counsel
Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon
2013 - 2009
- As student body representative, I made the bridge between the students and faculty.
- I was responsible for scheduling the exams for all courses and represented the faculty in an external evaluation process.
Disaster Relief
Faculty of Psychology
University of Lisbon, Portugal
2010
- Organized a Goods Collection Campaign to support Madeira’s population, when it was affected by disaster floods in February 2010.
Drug Addiction and Homelessness
Teen Challenge
Lisbon, Portugal
2009 - 2006
- Volunteered at the food and syringes delivery team. Organized and conducted community activities for children and elderly people in a disadvantaged neighborhood.